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Terrible News out of West Virginia

I just read about this rape and torture of Megan Williams in West Virginia . She was held captive, raped, abused and tortured by 6 people. Megan Williams is black. Her captors are white. This story has not be widely reported and the account from ABC news does not use the word "rape" in describing what happened to Megan Williams. I find a couple of things interesting here. 1) This story has not been widely reported. Seems that a vicious attack on a black woman does not warrant much media attention. 2) The use of the term "sexual assault" instead of "rape." Black men are labeled rapists while these men who did comment rape are labeled with a slightly vaguer term.

There were women involved in this torture. One woman told Megan, "This is what we do to niggers around here." Sounds like a hate crime to me. I really hope these people are thrown in prison for the rest of their natural lives. I hope they rot.

The blackandmissing blog has really thorough coverage of this case.

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